Drama

• The Man With The Golden Arm | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £11.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of America's most significant and controversial post-war films this triple-Oscar-nominated feature boasts a searing performance by Frank Sinatra as a war veteran caught between two worlds as he tries to kick his drug habit and establish a new life; Eleanor Parker is his embittered manipulative wife and Kim Novak the young woman who stands by him. With its groundbreaking subject and an authenticity rarely matched in the many films it inspired The Man with the Golden Arm combines masterly direction by Otto Preminger and a jazz score by the legendary Elmer Bernstein. It is featured here in a stunning new digital restoration in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Having just served a prison term for possession of heroin poker dealer Frankie Machine vows to stay clean and find success as a jazz drummer. His wife left disabled by a car crash is equally determined he should remain in the lucrative gambling business. Pressurised by his wife after being asked to deal in a high-stakes game Frankie's fear of failure leads him straight back to the nearest fix...

• Crossing Delancey (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joan Micklin Silver's wonderfully affectionate spin on the romantic comedy infuses the genre with a fresh, personal perspective, following an unmarried Jewish woman's search for fulfillment in New York City.

• One Fine Day | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.19   |  Saving you £5.80 (80.67%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This gentle comedy almost seems like something out of Hollywood's Golden Age, a movie that might have been made by a talented contract director, perhaps featuring Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert. But in fact One Fine Day stars George Clooney as an investigative columnist for a New York newspaper and Michelle Pfeiffer as an architect. Both single parents, the two meet and bicker and develop a relationship over the course of a day while their young children play together. Michael Hoffman (Restoration) directs with a good sense of what's funny about harried caretakers and kids who do whatever they want to do. The story stretches out of shape a bit when Clooney's character has to rally to prove some point of corruption at City Hall; nobody involved seems quite up to making that subplot believable, but all that really matters about this very nice movie is the winning love story. --Tom Keogh

• Without A Trace - Complete Season 5 | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Episodes Comprise: 1. Stolen 2. Candy 3. 911 4. All for One 5. The Damage Done 6. The Calm Before 7. All the Sinners Saints 8. Win Today 9. Watch Over Me 10. The Thing with Feathers 11. Fade-Away 12. Tail Spin 13. Eating Away 14. Primed 15. Desert Springs 16. Without You 17. Deep Water 18. Connections 19. At Rest 20. Skin Deep 21. Crash and Burn 22. One and Only 23. Two of Us 24. The Beginning

• Adaptation | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £7.81   |  Saving you £12.18 (155.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From the writer & director of "Being John Malkovich" comes another out there tale about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's attempt to adapt a succesful novel for the silver screen.

• Ma Mere | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £10.01   |  Saving you £9.98 (99.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  17 year old Pierre heads off to spend his summer holidays on the Canary Islands with his parents. However when his father is killed in a car accident the grieving Pierre is left alone with his prostitute mother (Huppert) who along with her partners in crime Rea (Preiss) and Hansi (de Caunes) inducts her son into a world of sexual transgression illicit desire and taboo-busting libertinism... Christophe Honore handles this heady philosophical blend of eroticism spiritualism and m

• Zatoichi - The Blind Swordsman | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £189.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Adventures Of The Legendary Blind Swordsman In A Killer, Twenty-Five-Film Set The Colossally Popular Zatoichi Films Make Up The Longest-Running Action Series In Japanese History And Created One Of The Screen'S Great Heroes: An Itinerant Blind Masseur Who Also Happens To Be A Lightning-Fast Swordsman. As This Iconic Figure, The Charismatic And Earthy Shintaro Katsu Became An Instant Superstar, Lending A Larger-Than-Life Presence To The Thrilling Adventures Of A Man Who Lives Staunchly By A Code Of Honour And Delivers Justice In Every Town And Village He Enters. The Films That Feature Him Are Variously Pulse Pounding, Hilarious, Stirring And Completely Off-The-Wall. This Deluxe Set Features The String Of Twenty-Five Zatoichi Films Made Between 1962 And 1973. Includes 25 Films: The Tale Of Zatoichi The Tale Of Zatoichi Continues New Tale Of Zatoichi Zatoichi The Fugitive Zatoichi On The Road Zatoichi And The Chest Of Gold Zatoichi'S Flashing Sword Fight, Zatoichi, Fight Adventures Of Zatoichi Zatoichi'S Revenge Zatoichi And The Doomed Man Zatoichi And The Chess Expert Zatoichi'S Vengeance Zatoichi'S Pilgrimage Zatoichi'S Cane Sword Zatoichi The Outlaw Zatoichi Challenged Zatoichi And The Fugitives Samaritan Zatoichi Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Zatoichi Goes To The Fire Festival Zatoichi Meets The One-Armed Swordsman Zatoichi At Large Zatoichi In Desperation Zatoichi'S Conspiracy Blu-Ray Special Edition Features: New Digital Restorations Of All Twenty-Five Films, With Uncompressed Monaural Soundtracks The Blind Swordsman, A 1978 Documentary About Zatoichi Portrayer And Filmmaker Shintaro Katsu, Along With A New Interview With Its Director, John Nathan New Interview With Asian-Film Critic Tony Rayns Trailers New English Subtitles Plus A Book Featuring: An Essay By Critic Geoffrey O'Brien Synopses Of The Films By Critic, Novelist And Musician Chris D The Tale Of Zatoichi, The Original Short Story By Kan Shimozawa Twenty-Five Illustrations Inspired By The Films, By Twenty-Five Different Artists

• Asteroid City | Blu Ray | (25/09/2023) from £21.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father, who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City, to compete in a stargazing event. Only to have his world view disrupted forever.

• Saraband For Dead Lovers (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A stunning new restoration of the first Technicolor film from the great Ealing Studios. In the 18th century, Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) is forced into marriage with Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), an aristocrat destined to inherit the British crown. But after he becomes king, Sophie meets suave Swedish mercenary Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger) - the two quickly fall in love and plot to flee England together. Their scheme is discovered, and the lovers must figure out a way to escape the tightening noose of retribution. Product Features A Strange Adventure: Phuong Le and Matthew Sweet discuss Saraband for Dead Lovers (New) A Technicolor Dance: Interview with Film Historian Dr. Josephine Botting (New) Restoring Saraband for Dead Lovers (New) Behind the Scenes stills gallery

• Autumn Sonata | DVD | (28/04/2003) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ingmar Bergman's slow-burning story of a concert pianist who mourning the loss of her lover is invited to stay with her daughter. Their relationship is strained but the encounter is crucial for the future of both women...

• A Family Man | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Superb drama with an A list cast in which a headhunter - whose life revolves around closing deals in a a survival-of-the-fittest board room enviroment - battles his top rival for control of their job placement company. But soon his dream of owning the company put him on a collision course with all his family.

• Doc Martin Series 1 & 2 (Internet Exclusive) | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £3.98   |  Saving you £17.27 (634.93%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring all the episodes from series 1 & 2 of Doc Martin. Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is forced to give up his career as an eminent surgeon and retrain as a GP after developing a phobia to blood. A vacancy arises in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn following the death of the local GP. A regular visitor to Portwenn as a child with his Aunt Joan (Stephanie Cole) Martin applies for the position. However his complete lack of social skills and human understanding are going to get him into plenty of scrapes that's for sure! Winner of the Best Comedy Drama at the 2004 British Comedy Awards. Series 1: 1. Going Bodmin 2. Gentlemen Prefer 3. Sh*t Happens 4. The Portwenn Effect 5. Of All the Harbours in All the Towns 6. Haemophobia Series 2: 1. Old Dogs 2. In Loco 3. Blood is Thicker 4. Aromatherapy 5. Always on my Mind 6. The Family Way 7. Out of the Woods 8. Erotomania

• The Fountain | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £9.15   |  Saving you £10.84 (118.47%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, "The Fountain" is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

• The Virgin Soldiers - Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (25/03/2019) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in Singapore in the early 1950s, this impressive adaptation of Leslie Thomas' best-selling, scandalous novel centres on a group of naïve, young British Army recruits billeted to Malaya who have no experience of either love or war. Both affectionate and affecting in its look at young men in wartime, the film has a wonderful cast which includes Lynn Redgrave (Georgy Girl, The National Health), Hywel Bennett (The Family Way, Twisted Nerve) and Nigel Davenport (The Third Secret, The Mind of Mr. Soames), along with early appearances from Christopher Timothy, Wayne Sleep, James Cosmo and a young David Bowie. Genuine and heartfelt, The Virgin Soldiers is an insightful and hugely underrated British comic drama. INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES: High Definition remaster Original mono audio The Virgin Actors (2019, 29 mins): Roy Holder and Christopher Timothy recall their experiences on location Some Confidence (2019, 8 mins): writer Ian La Frenais discusses his contributions to the screenplay 16mm Location Footage (1967, 14 mins): rare and previously unseen material shot during location scouting Operation Malaya (1953, 67 mins): David MacDonald s acclaimed feature-length docudrama on the Malayan Emergency Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography Isolated music & effects track New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by author Scott Harrison, Leslie Thomas on The Virgin Soldiers, archival profiles of Lynn Redgrave and Tsai Chin, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Anthony Nield on Operation Malaya, and film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited Edition of 3,000 copies

• Disney's Cruella Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (16/08/2021) from £4.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Emma Stone stars as one of cinema's most notorious and stylish villains, Cruella de Vil. Determined to become a successful fashion designer, a creative young grifter named Estella (Stone) teams with a pair of mischievous thieves to survive on the London streets. But when her flair for fashion catches the eye of the legendary designer Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), Estella rises to become the raucous, revenge-bent Cruella. Special Features The Two Emmas The Sidekick Angle Cruella Couture The World Of Cruella New Dogs Old Tricks Cruella 101 Deleted Scenes x 2 Bloopers

• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind of Oskar Schell, an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker whose discovery of a key in his deceased father's belongings sets him off on an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open.A year after his father died in the World Trade Center on what Oskar calls The Worst Day, he is determined to keep his vital connection to the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears. Now, as Oskar crosses the five New York boroughs in quest of the missing lock - encountering an eclectic assortment of people who are each survivors in their own way - he begins to uncover unseen links to the father he misses, to the mother who seems so far away from him and to the whole noisy, dangerous, discombobulating world around him.

• Double Indemnity | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £15.25   |  Saving you £-5.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  From the Moment they met it was Murder! Unsuspecting Mr. Dietrichson becomes increasingly accident prone after his icily calculating wife encourages him to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by a smooth-talking insurance agent. Against a backdrop of distinctly California settings the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect on the insurance. Perfect until a claims manager gets a familiar feeling of foul play and pursues the matter relentlessly . Tension soars as the would-be lovers find themselves plotting against each other.

• The Child | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bruno and Sonia a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang have a new source of money: their newborn son... From the makers of Rosetta and The Son comes the winner of the 2005 Palme D'Or The Child!

• Dawson's Creek: Complete Season 1 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Even viewers who consider themselves beyond their teen-angst years might find Dawson's Creek compelling. In the first series we are introduced to Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Joey (Katie Holmes), who for years have watched movies and slept in the same bed; but they find that as they enter high school their relationship will inevitably change. That becomes especially clear when Dawson is immediately attracted to Capeside's sexy new arrival, Jen (Michelle Williams). Meanwhile, their friend Pacey (Joshua Jackson) pursues an unachievable love object. Creator Kevin Williamson based Dawson's Creek on his own youth, and even though the characters may not really look or sound 15 years old, the Dawson-Joey-Jen interplay--especially embodied by the sad-eyed and cynical (but still adorable) Joey and the smart but emotionally inept Dawson--gives the show its heart. And just like Williamson's fresh take on the teen-horror genre, Scream, Dawson's Creek has a winking self-awareness, for example when Dawson says they're having a "90210 moment" or explains that they use big words because they watch too many movies. Highlights of the first series include Dawson's discovery that his perfect home life may not be so perfect, an unwelcome reminder of Jen's past, the Breakfast Club takeoff "Detention", the Scream takeoff "The Scare", a beauty contest in which two unlikely competitors square off, and the heart-rending finale. --David Horiuchi

• Black Emanuelle 2 | DVD | (25/05/2009) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Emannuelle is confined to a Manhattan psychiatric clinic with an acute case of extreme amnesia and depraved fantasies. Can her doctor unravel a Freudian nightmare of incestuous hungers, lesbian longings, rampant nymphomania and inexpicable body painting to solve the shocking mystery of her bizarre sexual trauma?